babu English

专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A variety of Indian English characterized by excessive formality, politeness, ornamentation, and an indirect manner of communication. India,uncountable
    — Despite the innocuous-sounding claim that the purpose of his article was ‘to provide a few notes on the characteristics of English used to-day by the educated Indian’ (Goffin 1934: 20), Goffin’s text is very much in the ‘Babu English’ tradition, that is, it derides the way in which Indians used English.

词形变化

Babu English alternative Baboo English alternative,dated baboo English alternative,dated
13 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary